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of independent thinkers. A child's success as a High School student and the criteria for his selection for job or College admission will be his demonstrated ability to follow through on an independent pro- ject with a minimum of guidance from his teachers. Teaching qualifi- cations under the New Program will be far more demanding. It takes considerable vision to plan and guide - another reason why teachers will tend to function more in teams.
Steps will be taken to close the gap between Elementary and Sec- ondary and between Secondary and College. Sequences will be estab- lished in the various areas of study to assure a minimum of duplica- tion and a maximum of scope. This will tend to personalize the Pro- gram for each child, allowing him to proceed at his own speed. Chil- dren will be encouraged to make rapid progress - the more capable completing the Elementary Program in less than six years. There should be no problem in placement if the course sequences and goals are clearly defined.
Much student time is wasted in vacations and taxpayers groan at the apparent waste of money represented by empty School buildings. The next decade will see a longer school year, perhaps divided into thirds with a week's break at Christmas and another in the Spring. Summer courses will be offered with the emphasis on enrichment rather than remedial. Children will have an opportunity to take advanced courses or to take courses denied during the regular school year be- cause of scheduling problems. Some especially capable students might find that, after completing the public school course in less than twelve years, they are accepted for advance college placement, en- abling them to complete two or more years of graduate work in the six- teen years they would normally have spent in public school and college.
Such advances will not occur without leadership and the most ef- fective leadership is that leadership which is closest to the instruc- tional program. Supervising Principals or Elementary Supervisors will provide the initiative at the Elementary level - Department Heads at the Secondary level. Coordination of the total Program will rest in the Central Office. Additional Supervisory Personnel and Central Of- fice assistance will be needed in the decade ahead to keep such a
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Program moving forward. It is unrealistic to expect any person with a full day by day teaching program or administrative program to provide the impetus for change.
THE COST
It is difficult to talk in terms of cost to the taxpayer because of the many variables involved. Over the past ten years, prior to the 1960 re-evaluation, the Town assessment increased by 50%, from four million to six million dollars while the Town's population was increas- ing by just about the same percentage. However, during the past decade the Town's tax rate doubled as did the per pupil cost of education. Teachers' salaries, figured on a per pupil basis, remained very con- sistently two thirds the per pupil cost of education year by year. So perhaps the key to the School's operational cost picture is the pattern which Teachers' Salaries might take over the next decade. Unfortunate- ly, national trends in salary structure for Public Schools are no more revealing for a particular community than are population trends.
Our own Staff is relatively young which indicates that the salary item in the School Budget will increase more rapidly than it would were most Teachers at maximum. However, this presupposes that Staff turnover will be greatly reduced in the years ahead through the intro- duction of a sound Salary Schedule in the 1961 Budget. Presently there are seventy three Teachers, Principals and Supervisors for an enrollment of fourteen hundred pupils or a Teacher-Pupil Ratio of al- most one to twenty. The average Staff Salary is about $4,700.00. In 1951 it was $2,700.00. Suppose the average Salary reaches $6,000.00 by 1970 - an increase of $130.00 per year - then the School Budget for 1970 can be estimated as follows:
1. A 71% increase in Staff to correspond with the 71% pupil increase, holding teacher-pupil ratio constant, indicates a Staff of 124 teachers.
2. Average teacher salary $6,000.00 totals $744,000.00.
3. This represents two thirds the total operational Budget. So the 1970 Budget will be somewhat in excess of one mil- lion dollars for an enrollment of 2400 pupils - about double the 1961 Gross Budget of $568,577.00.
Further, if the Town's assessed valuation again increases pro- portionately with the Town's population growth then the School's Oper- ational Budget, even though doubled, should not affect an appreciable increase in the tax rate unless some of the changes foreseen in the Instructional Program over the next decade prove more costly than present practices. For instance, if students are offered an opportu- nity to attend Summer School, the cost picture will be distorted. To a lesser degree a longer school day and school year too will affect costs. Newer techniques will for the most part substitute dollar for dollar rather than add to the total dollar cost. More efficient use of Staff will perhaps save the dollar which will go to pay for the additional clerical services involved.
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No mention has been made of State Aid which is on the increase or of Federal Aid which is likely to materialize. Any outside aid of course serves to reduce the net cost to the Town.
Perhaps this is an overly optimistic picture. The basic premise, that the average Teacher Salary in Westford will increase only $1300. in the next ten years may be overly conservative. As suggested at the beginning of this section there are too many variables to approach the operational cost figure with any degree of confidence. About the only valid contribution of this cost discussion is the summary of cost re- lationships over the past decade.
But in the area of the School Building Program costs, it is pos- sible to estimate with a greater degree of accuracy. The annual cost to the taxpayer of a Building Program is determined by the total cost of Site, Architect Fees, Construction and Equipment costs; by the Bond Issue, both rate and term and by offsetting reimbursements, State and other.
In 1960 the Academy Bonds at 2.4% interest and the Nabnasset Bonds at 3.6%, less State Aid, cost the taxpayer about seven dollars on the thousand. If a New Junior High School is opened in 1963 and if the Town's tax base grows normally, about 5% per year, then this capi- tal addition to the School Plant will be reflected in an increase of about six dollars a thousand. This estimate is based upon a one and a half million dollar school, paid in twenty year bonds at 4%, with the School Building Assistance Commission reimbursing the Town of Westford at the same rate which was awarded the Academy and the new Nabnasset School. (Again Federal Funds are not figured in this esti- mate). From a high of thirteen dollars per thousand in 1963 and 1964, costs will drop to about ten dollars as interest payments decrease, until the construction of an eighteen room Elementary School (at about half the cost of the Junior High) will again send the tax rate to thirteen dollars per thousand for School Construction. Over the decade 1961 - 1970, School Construction, if it follows the pattern outlined above will cost the taxpayer an average of $10.00 per $1,000.00 per year, including payments already obligated for the Academy and the new Nabnasset School.
SUMMARY
Here then is the incomplete, highly debatable picture of the Town and its Schools over the next decade. This report is a radical de- parture from previous historical records of the year's progress and even from the more recent reports which concentrated in a single area or phase of the School Program. It is hoped that topics of current interest have been adequately covered by current releases, both press and reports to postal box holders, over the past year.
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WESTFORD ACADEMY 1960 GRADUATES
Donald Alvin Alcorn Jonathan Adams Aldrich Nancy C. Axon John Francis Barretto Walter Floyd Beede *Virginia Louise Bellinger Sharon Marie Boisvert Carol Ann Brittain Thomas Jackson Burne
*Jeffrey Ernest Case Robert Vincent Cassidy, Jr. Sandra Sue Cayford Richard James Cosgrove William Joseph Cote, Jr. Gary Howard Croteau Paul L. Davies, Jr. Nancy Jean Dupuis John Roland Farley
Mary Joanne Faulkner
*William Luther Faulkner Jeffrey Leighton Field Jeremy Douglas Field Lester Dennis Gagnon
Claude Roland Gelinas
Ralph William Gilmore
Marjorie Ann Harris Norman Arne Hawkom
Warren Emery Henderson, Jr.
William George Henderson
Albert C. Herget Kenneth R. Hill, Jr.
Elaine Alice Holmes
Dennis Ellsworth Jewett
Barbara Ann Johnson
Bruce Robert Jordan
Virginia Mary King
Patricia Jane Lamb
George Arthur Lambert
Marjorie Rita LaVie
*National Honor Society Member
Douglas Raymond Lefebvre Stella Marie Levasseur Thomas Allen MacQuarrie Francis Joseph Mccarthy David A. Milewski Carolyn Ruth Mitchell Linda Lou Morrill *Karen Elizabeth Nolin Rose Ann Nye Samuel Mark O'Clair Mary Lou O'Connell
Patrick Michael O'Hara
Joseph John Oliver, Jr.
Doris Helen Parent Linda Lee Phalon Raymond Joseph Proulx, Jr.
Mary Elizabeth Provost Pierrette Claire Provost
John Joseph Regan Arthur Jack Rubin Earl Philip Socha
*Roberta Ann Spinner Richard Smith Staples Brian Edward St. Onge Richard T. St. Onge
*Judith Ann Szylvian Robert Michael Talbot Janice Leslie Taylor
Richard Joseph Thibodeau
Dennis Francis Trainor Antonio Joseph Traversa, Jr. Eva Tzikopoulos Loren John Valley Wayne Donald Wheeler Ronald Richard Whitney
*Katherine Elizabeth Wilder Josephine Elsa Wilkins Sylvia Ann Young Dale Nicki Zanchi
PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL - "Pomp and Circumstance". Elgar Westford Academy Band, FRANK PAGE, Director
INVOCATION
REV. DONALD T. ISAAC
SALUTATORY ADDRESS - "Great is the Power of Truth" JUDITH ANN SZYLVIAN
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HONOR ESSAY - "Truth in a Free Society" WILLIAM LUTHER FAULKNER
SENIOR CLASS ODE: Music - Maryland, My Maryland Words - Richard Joseph Thibodeau
HONOR ESSAY - "To Thine Own Self Be True" VIRGINIA LOUISE BELLINGER
PRESENTATION OF CLASS GIFT JOSEPH JOHN OLIVER, JR. President of the Class of 1960
ACCEPTANCE OF CLASS GIFT PAUL JOSEPH MILOT Vice-President of Class of 1961
VALEDICTORY - "Freedom Through Truth" ROBERTA ANN SPINNER
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS (Given by the Trustees of Westford Academy)
For Excellence in Mathematics and Science
For Excellence in Secretarial Science
For Excellence in Social Studies
For Excellence in English
William L. Faulkner
Roberta A. Spinner Judith A. Szylvian
Virginia L. Bellinger
THE MOST WORTHY REPRESENTATIVE OF WESTFORD ACADEMY
Class of 1960 - Sylvia A. Young Class of 1961 - Susan Morash Class of 1962 - Janet Nesmith Class of 1963 - Lynne Darrah
OTHER AWARDS
Bausch and Lomb Science Award
D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award
D.A.R. American History Award Balfour Awards for: Loyalty, Scholarship, Achievement Industrial Arts Business Betty Crocker Award
Webber Fisk Teacher Training Award
William L. Faulkner
Virginia L. Bellinger
Roberta A. Spinner
Roberta A. Spinner
Antonio J. Traversa, Jr.
Carol A. Brittain
Josephine E. Wilkins
Karen E. Nolin
SCHOLARSHIPS
Fletcher Athletic Club Scholarship Joseph E. Joyce, Jr., Principal
Robert V. Cassidy, Jr., and Richard J. Thibodeau Karen E. Nolin
Westford Teachers' Association Scholarship Henry Leyland, President
Westford Grange Scholarship Loren J. Valley and John R. Farley
Mrs. Lawrence C. Brown, Master of Westford Grange
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Women's Auxiliary to the Middlesex North District Mass. Medical Society Mary E. Provost and Judith A. Szylvian Mrs. Dwight W. Cowles, Advisor Westford Academy Alumni Association Scholarship Mary E. Provost Mrs. Austin D. Fletcher The Westford Academy Student Council Scholarship Karen E. Nolin Presented by Mr. Eugene Hayes
Trustees of Westford Academy Scholarships Presented by Mr. Alan W. Bell
Several totaling $3300.
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
R. ANDREW FLETCHER, JR. Chairman of School Committee
WESTFORD ACADEMY ALMA MATER.
Calkin FRANK PAGE, Director
BENEDICTION
REV. EDMUND P. CHAREST
RECESSIONAL - "Pomp and Circumstance"
Elgar Westford Academy Band, FRANK PAGE, Director
CLASS MOTTO "And the Truth Shall Make You Free"
CLASS COLORS Blue and White
CLASS FLOWER Red Rose
CLASS MARSHAL
Paul Joseph Milot
ACADEMY PROGRAM OF STUDIES
Grade 7-1
Grade 7-2
Grade 7-3,4,5
English Social Studies
English
English
Social Studies
Social Studies
Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics Science
Science
Science
Art
Art
Art
Music
Music
Music
Grade 8-1
Grade 8-2
Grade 8-3,4,5
English Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Science
Science
Science
Algebra I
Mathematics
Mathematics
Latin I
Accelerated Reading Art
Extra English
Accelerated Reading Art
Music
Music
Physical Education
Music
Physical Education
Home Economics
English
English
Extra Mathematics Art
Home Economics
Physical Education Home Economics
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Business
English * Social Studies
Introduction to Bkkpg General Science (Home) Elementary Bus. Math French I Latin I Gym * Art Music
GRADE 9 College
English *
Social Studies
Algebra I
Biology
Latin I
French I Accelerated Reading
Gen. Science(Col.Bus.)
Plain Geometry
Gym *
Art
Music
General
English *
Social Studies
Gen Science (Mech.)
Practical Math Industrial Arts(Boys) Home Economics(Girls)
Elementary Bus. Math
Gym *
Art
Music
General
English *
Social Studies
Biology
Industrial Arts
Home Economics
Bookkeeping I
Typing I Speech
Gym *
Art Music
GRADE 11 College
English *
U. S. History
Chemistry Physics
Basic Electronics
Home Economics
Psychology Typing I and II Gym *
Art Music
GRADE 12 College
English *
Problems of Democracy Physics Latin IV French III
General
English * U. S. History Industrial Arts
Typing II Bookkeeping II
French I and II
Geometry
English Composition
French II
Latin III
Gym *
Art Music
Business
English Problems of Democracy Stenography II Typing II Psychology
GRADE 10 College
English *
Plain Geometry
Biology
Social Studies
Latin II
Chemistry
French I and II
Speech *
Gym *
Art
Music
Business
English
*
U. S. History
Stenography I Basic Electronics
Advanced Business Math Psychology Gym *
Art Music
General
English * Problems of Democracy Industrial Arts Home Economics Basic Electronics
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Business
English * Social Studies
Typing I Bookkeeping I
French I and II
Latin II
Speech Gym *
Art Music
Business
GRADE 12 - continued College
Algebra II
Senior Science
Solid Geom. and Trig.
English Composition
Typing I and II Gym *
Art
Gym *
Art
Music
Art
Music
* All starred subjects are required
REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE Effective September 1, 1961
1960-61
1961-62
STEP
BACHELOR 'S
MASTER 'S
BACHELOR 'S
MASTER 'S
1
$ 4000
$ 4300
$ 4200
$ 4500
2
4100
4400
4400
4700
3
4200
4500
4600
4900
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
4
4350
4650
4800
5100
5
4500
4800
5000
5300
6
4650
4950
5200
5500
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
7
4850
5150
5400
5700
8
5000
5300
5600
5900
9
5150
5450
5800
6100
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
6 HOURS
3 HOURS
10
5300
5600
6000
6300
11
5450
5750
6200
6500
12
5600
5900
General
Senior Science
Bookkeeping II Senior Science Business Law Office Practice Gym *
Psychology
Music
Review Mathematics Psychology
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TEACHING STAFF 1960 1961
TEACHERS WESTFORD ACADEMY
SUBJECT OR GRADE
UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE SINCE
Daniel L. Desmond, B.S.,M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Salem State, Boston Univ) Rene Baron, B.A. (St Anselm's College)
English
Nov 1960
Eva Brown, B.A. (University of New Hampshire)
English
Sep 1958
Kenneth Caldwell, A.B. (Providence College)
Civics - World History
1960
Mary Carrick, B.S.,M.Ed. (Salem State, Boston University)
Business
1954
Joseph Derby, B.S. (Tufts University)
Mathematics
1959
James Donovan, A.B.,M.Ed. (Boston College)
English - Latin
=
Dorothy Doucette, B.S. (Framingham State)
Homemaking - Dietician
1954
William Fisk, B.S. (Northeastern University)
Science
1960
Francis Foley, B.S. (Boston College) Anne Frantz, B.S. (Manchester College)
English
1959
Sandra Friedland, B.S. (Boston University)
Business
1960
Donald Griffin, A.B. (Boston College)
Latin - Social Studies
1959
Eugene Hayes, B.S. ,M.Ed. (Boston College)
Social Studies - Asst. Prin.
1958
Bette Hook, B.A.,M.Ed. (Univ. of Mich.,Fitchburg State)
Social Studies
1955
Francis Joyce, B.S. (Fitchburg State)
Industrial Arts
1959
A. William Kochanczyk, B.S. (Bridgewater State)
Science
1960
Theodore Lapierre, B.Ed. ,M.Ed. (Plymouth State, Univ. of N. H.)
Sabbatical Leave
1952
Guidance Counselor
1959
Harry MacDonald, A.B. (Boston University)
Mathematics
1960
Donald Maclean, A.B. (Boston University)
Mathematics - Science
1958
Jessie Merritt, B.S. (Boston University)
Physical Education
1960
Irene Mitchell, B.S.,M.Ed. (Lowell State,
Rivier College)
English
1955
Walter Powers, B.A. (University of Mass.)
English
Mar 1960
Mary Quinn, A.B.,M.Ed. (Regis College, Fitchburg State)
Guidance Director
Sep 1952
Harold Ready, B.S.,M.Ed. (Boston Univ.,Fitchburg State)
Business
1956
Sick Leave
Jan 1947
Speech
Sep 1959
Madeleine Spaulding, A.B. (Boston University)
Dec 1954
Chesley Steele, B.S. (Springfield College)
Physical Education
Sep 1958
Frances Stringer, B.A. (DePauw University)
English
" 1960
Louis Stroumbos, B.S. (Purdue University)
Mathematics - Guidance
1956
Margaret Weafer, B.S. (Boston College)
Social Studies
1959
Science
=
113
George Larkin, B.S. (Boston College)
Kenneth Robes, B.S. (Dartmouth College)
Agnes Shipp, B.A. (Emerson College)
French
Oct 1960
WM. C. ROUDENBUSH SCHOOL
Peter F. Perry, B.S.Ed.,M.Ed., PRINCIPAL (Hyannis State, Boston Univ) Ralph Drinkwater, A.B. (University of Mass.)
Jane Mayerson, B.S. (Simmons College, A.M.T. Harvard University) James Thomas, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State) Ruth Wright, B.Ed. (Plymouth State)
Grade 7 Mathematics English
1960
English
Science
1959
Social Studies 1946
WM. E. FROST SCHOOL
Rita Miller, B.S.Ed.,M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Lowell State, Rivier College) Florence Morris (Lowell State)
1
1948
Shirley Oliver, B.S.Ed.,M.Ed. (Lowell State, Rivier College)
2
1940
Kathryn Wilder (Bridgewater State)
3
Apr 1953
Ann Grady, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State)
4
Sep 1955
Madeline Goucher (Keene Teachers)
5
1959
CAMERON SCHOOL
Alice Murphy, B.S.Ed.,M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Lowell State, Calvin Coolidge Coll)"
4
1949
Catherine Donahue, B.S.Ed. (Wheelock College)
1
1960
Josephine St. Onge, A.B. (Boston University)
2
1959
Ann Cogger, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State)
3
1957
Vivian Cornwall, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State)
5
"
1958
Peter VanAusdall, B.A. (University of Colorado)
6
Apr 1960
SARGENT SCHOOL
Henry Leyland, A.B. ,M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Merrimack Coll., Rivier College)
6
Sep 1956
Mona Griffin, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State)
1
1959
Patricia Eliasen, B.S. (Gordon College)
1
" 1960
Jean Bell (Fitchburg State)
2
Apr 1930
Beatrice Provost (Lowell State)
"
3
Sep 1952
Patricia Nordberg (Fitchburg State)
4
Oct 1955
Pearl Delaney, B.E.,M.S. (Keene Teachers, Simmons College)
5
Sep 1960
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Sep 1924
6
1939
NABNASSET SCHOOL
Robert A. Noy, A.A.,B.S.,M.Ed. PRINCIPAL (Vallejo College, Boston Univ) Supervisory Caliopy Keratsopoulos, B.S. (Lowell State) Grade 1 = Ruth Frucht, B.A. (Brooklyn College) 1 Carolyn Greene, A. A. (Salem State) 2 2 = Mona Strom, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State) Anne Laforge, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State) 3 Elizabeth Chachus, B.S.Ed.,M.Ed. (Lowell State, Rivier College) 3 Dorothy LaRochelle, B.S.Ed. (Lowell State) 4
Sep 1960 "
"
Nov
Sep
"
1955
1960
Brenda Kneeland, A.B. (Regis College)
4
Rebecca Woodruff, A.B. (Wellesley College)
5
11
Rochelle Brand1, B.A. (College of St. Catherine)
5
"
Joan Woods, B.S.Ed. (Bridgewater State)
6
1957
George Quirbach, B.S. (Lowell State, St. Anselm's College)
6
1960
Lloyd G. Blanchard, A.B. , M.Ed. (Dartmouth College, Harvard University) SUPERINTENDENT
Aug 1957
Dorothy A. Healy, R.N. (Framingham Union Hospital) SCHOOL NURSE Ruth N. Hall, R.N. (Capt. John Adams Hospital) ACADEMY NURSE
1960
Frank J. Page, B.S.E. (Lowell Teachers' College) MUSIC SUPERVISOR Priscilla M. King, B.S. (Lowell Teachers' College) MUSIC TEACHER
Apr 1959
Sep 1960
William N. Mietzner, B.S.Ed. (Mass. College of Art) ART SUPERVISOR
Feb 1960
Laura Husted, B. S. (New Jersey State Teachers' College) SPECIAL CLASS TEACHER
Sep 1958
Beatrice Higgins, B.S.Ed.,M.Ed. (Bridgewater Teachers' College, Boston University) Sep 1956
REMEDIAL READING TEACHER
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Sep 1941
ENROLLMENT - WESTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
October 1, 1960
GRADE
ACADEMY
ROUDENBUSH
FROST
CAMERON
SARGENT
NABNASSET
TOTAL
12
68
68
11
75
75
10
73
73
9
149
149
8
133
133
7
127
127
SP
10
10
6 A
24
27
26
26
B
128
5 A
24
19
29
23
B
20
19
22
22
105
3 A
21
25
30
32
140
A
21
30
23
26
25
125
1 A
22
23
21
35
B
498
137
132
143
171
325
1406
There is one Westford child attending the Acton Schools.
CENSUS SUMMARY - OCTOBER 1960
(Ages are as of October 1, 1960)
SCHOOLS
AGE
BOYS
GIRLS
TOTAL
PUBLIC
VOCATIONAL
PRIVATE
NOT IN SCHOOL
15
38
47
85
80
3
2
14
61
53
114
109
1
4
13
71
88
159
151
8
12
68
84
152
144
8
11
65
56
121
115
6
10
73
54
127
123
4
9
65
66
131
126
5
8
77
70
147
138
9
7
79
59
138
130
8
6
72
78
150
140
10
5
59
78
137
12
9
116
4
84
83
167
167
3
166
166
2
166
166
1
186
186
0-1
121
121
-
-
812
816
2267
1268
4
73
922
B
32
B
20
34
155
B
22
118
4 A
23
25
116
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL CAFETERIA
January 1, 1960
1,556.36 $
Receipts
33,147.06
Reimbursements due from State & Federal Funds
1,922.02 $ 36,625.44
Expenditures : January 1 - December 31, 1960
34,482.46
Balance January 1, 1961 2,142.98
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL ATHLETIC FUND
Receipts :
Balance January 1, 1960
187.40
Town of Westford
3,500.00
Basketball Games
566.95
Football Insurance
96.00
Football Games
2,061.84
6,412.19
Expenditures :
Athletic Supplies, Equipment, Repair
4,272.47
Football Insurance
600.00
Referees, Police etc.
1,257.43
6,129.90
Balance January 1, 1961
282.29
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL BAND ACCOUNT
Receipts :
Balance January 1, 1960
Town of Westford
925.00
Performances
527.00
Magazine Drive
377.00
School Instrumental Rental
141.00
1,970.00
Expenditures :
Band Supplies, Equipment, Repair
317.04
Services
1,471.00
1,788.04
Balance January 1, 1961
$ 181.96
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REPORT OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Following is the Report of the School Nurses from January 1 to December 31, 1960:
Children taken home from School because of illness 109
Children taken to the School Physician or other Doctor. 13
Nurse - Teacher Conferences
Nurse - Pupil Conferences 674
462
Children recommended for exclusion because of Contagious Disease, Skin Infection or Pediculosis 7
Tested Vision of all children with Massachusetts Vision
Equipment. Children referred to Physician 125
Tested Hearing of all children with a Pure Tone Audiometer. Children referred to Physician. 102
Assisted School Physician with Physical Examinations in Grades 1, 4, 7 and 11 also students participating in Sports.
Home Visits:
Acute Communicable 26
Tuberculosis:
Case. . 27
Suspect. 8
Contact. 14
Crippled Children.
4
Children under 1 year.
39
Children 1 year to School age.
105
School age children .. 220
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for X-Ray. 4
Conferences and Meetings attended. 31
Mrs. Adele Darrah, Dental Hygienist on the Staff of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, gave Sodium Fluoride Treatments to the children in Grades 2, 5 and 8. Notices were sent to parents of chil- dren needing Dental Care.
In April, Dr. Maurice Huckins, Jr., the School Physician, assist- ed by Dr. Eleanor H. Smith and Dr. Benjamin Gaieski, conducted a Pre- School Roundup for the children who were to enter Grade 1 in Septem- ber. This gave the parents an opportunity to have the children exam- ined, vaccinated and receive Diphtheria and Tetanus Boosters, if need- ed, before School opened.
Immunization Clinics for the purpose of giving Diphtheria and Tetanus Boosters were conducted in April and May by Dr. Smith. Students in Grades 1, 6 and 11 participated in this Program. Children in Grade 1 were also given Polio Boosters.
Dr. Mary Donald conducted 19 Well Child Conferences for pre- School children during the year.
A Tuberculin Testing Program was conducted by Dr. Smith in Octo- ber for all Grade 1 children and any others who had moved to Westford this year.
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Two Polio Clinics were held by Dr. Smith in June and July.
For statistics on these Clinics and all other Nashoba sponsored activities, see Report of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, ap- pearing elsewhere in the Town Report.
Since the appointment of Mrs. Ruth N. Hall, R.N., as part time School Nurse in September 1960 and serving at Westford Academy from 9:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M., the School Nurse has had a better opportunity to serve the Elementary children and to make her Home Visits.
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EXPENDITURES OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ITEM
1958
1959
1960
110
Salaries - Supt. Office $ 12,100.16 $
13,566.55 $
14,747.01
120 Census Enumeration
263.00
200.00
226.80
130
Other Expenses - Administration1, 582.51
1,875.64
1,613.98
211
Salaries - Principals
32,376.05
36,324.86
36,279.17
212
Salaries - Supervisors
12,229.84
13,177.92
15,124.42
213
Salaries - Teachers
204,432.11
243,668.40
284,060.10
220 Textbooks
6,218.78
6,255.36
6,954.42
230
Libraries and Audio Visual
861.06
1,032.21
1,060.46
240
Teaching Supplies
8,847.74
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